Bottle-holder



(No Model.)

S. FROST.

BOTTLE HOLDER.

No. 350,731. Patented Oct. 12, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STILES FROST, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

BOTTLE-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 350,731 dated October12, 1886.

Application filed January 15, 1886. Serial No. 188,683. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, STILEs FRosr, of Boston, county of Suffolk, State ofMassachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Bottle-Holders, of whichthe following description,in connection with the accompanying drawings,is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing likeparts.

This invention has for its object the production of a holder for glassbottles or other vessels containing liquid while being transported bymail or in trunks or otherwise.

My invention consists, essentially, in a bottle-holder composed of anouter case having a thick bibulous lining, preferably of paper or otherrapid absorbent of liquid, the cover of the case having a thick bibulousplug or stopper to enter the bibulous lining and snugly close its openend, the said lining, plug, and bottom piece of the lining forming thesurfaces next to the bottle, so that in case of accident to the latterthe contents of the bottle will be quickly and effectually absorbed.

The cap or cover of the holder is confined firmly in place by a suitablelocking device.

Figure l, in longitudinal section, represents a bottle-holder embodyingmy invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on line a: w; and Fig. 8 isa top view of the case with the cover removed.

Referring to the drawings, a is a case or jacket composed of wood orother suitable material of proper strength and of light weight, and lbis its cover. The interior of the case is provided with a thick bibulouslining, I), the material of the lining being preferably of thick unsizedpaper or other equivalent material having the property of quicklyabsorbing a liquid. The cover a has attached to it in suitable mannerthe lining-plug 0, which enters snugly and fills the open end of thespace left within the lining, as in Fig. 1.

The bottle d,of glass or other usual material, is shown as plugged by anindia-rubber, or it may be by a cork stopper, 0, and the plug 0 acts tohold the stopper in the bottle when the cover is fastened to the body ofthe case.

The lining, besides acting as an absorbent to quickly take up and absorbthe liquid from the broken bottle, also acts as a packing to almostentirely obviate the liability of the bottle breaking by reason of theusual shocks which the case meets with during transportation. I

The thickness of the bibulous lining will be in proportion to thequantity of the liquid contained in the bottle.

The lining will preferably be held in the case by an india-rubber orwater-proof cement.

I am aware that bottles containing liquid have been packed in boxescontaining cotton, the latter being employed chiefly to lessenconcussion.

The cover a is flanged to surround a reduced portion of the body of thecase, and prefer ably the joint between them will be packed,as at f. Thereduced portion 2 of the case at its top is cut away at two oppositepoints, as shown at 3 S, Fig. 3, the cut so formed leading into andexposing the annular groove midway in the said reduced portion. Thecover is provided with two pins or rods, 5 5, driven through it at aproper distance from its inner side to come into line with the saidannular groove when the cover is on the case, as in Fig. 1, thecover,when applied to the case,being so held as to place the two pins orrods parallel with relation to and next to the cutaway portions 3 3,thus placing the said pins, when the cover is pushed down, in the lineof or opposite the said groove,so that the partial rotation of the coverwill cause the pins 5 5 to enter the said groove,thus locking the coveron the said extension of the case.

In practiceasuitable spring catch or bolt,8, may be employed to engagethe cover and prevent it from being rotated on the end of the case. a

It is obvious that the cover may be otherwise held to the case than bythe'specific devices herein shown; so I do not desire to limit myinvention to such devices in themselves.

I claim In a bottle-holder, the case having a thick lining of bibulouspaper, the cover of the case having a bibulous stopper to enter thespace in the bibulous lining, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

STILES FROST.

Witnesses:

B. J. NoYEs, F. L. EMERY.

